Meanings
plural bureaux de change · plural bureaus de change · plural bureau de changes
- CommonwealthIrelandUKA place where foreign currency can be exchanged.
Near-synonym: money changer
3 more examples
A bureau de change, as has been seen, is certainly an institution or person subject to the Directive and it arguably enters into business relations with its customers.
2007, R. C. H. Alexander, Insider Dealing and Money Laundering in the EU: Law and Regulation, page 155Good private bureaux de change include the Shangani Bureau de Change (at the northern end of Kenyatta Road, near the Tembo Hotel), and the Malindi Bureau de Change (next to the ZanAir office, east of the port gates).
2009, Chris McIntyre, Susan McIntyre, Zanzibar, Bradt Travel Guides, page 159The network comprises Masterlink, a bureau de change, and a United Kingdom bank, along with a partnering MTO and a bank in Uganda.
2011, Isaku Endo, Jane Namaaji, Anoma Kulathunga, World Bank Working Paper No. 201: Uganda′s Remittance Corridors from United Kingdom, United States, and South Africa, page 21Synonyms: currency exchange, money changer
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA place where foreign currency can be exchanged.
Origin
- Frenchbureau de change“office of exchange”
- Englishbureau de change
Unadapted borrowing from French bureau de change (“office of exchange”).
More words from French
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Arabic صِرَافَة اَلْعُمْلَات, مَكْتَب صِرَافَة
- صِرَافَة اَلْعُمْلَات (ṣirāfat al-ʕumlāt)a place where foreign currency can be exchanged
- مَكْتَب صِرَافَة (maktab ṣirāfa)a place where foreign currency can be exchanged
Bulgarian чейнджбюро́, обме́нно бюро́
- чейнджбюро́ (čejndžbjuró)a place where foreign currency can be exchanged
- обме́нно бюро́ (obménno bjuró)a place where foreign currency can be exchanged
- валу́тно бюро́ (valútno bjuró)a place where foreign currency can be exchanged
Chinese Mandarin 外匯交易場所 /外汇交易场所, 外幣兌換所 /外币兑换所
- 外匯交易場所 /外汇交易场所 (wàihuì jiāoyì chǎngsuǒ)a place where foreign currency can be exchanged
- 外幣兌換所 /外币兑换所 (wàibì duìhuàn suǒ)a place where foreign currency can be exchanged
Czech směnárna
- směnárnaa place where foreign currency can be exchanged
Danish vekselbureau
- vekselbureaua place where foreign currency can be exchanged
Dutch wisselkantoor
- wisselkantoora place where foreign currency can be exchanged
Esperanto monŝanĝejo
- monŝanĝejoa place where foreign currency can be exchanged
Finnish valuutanvaihtotoimisto, valuutanvaihto
- valuutanvaihtotoimistoa place where foreign currency can be exchanged
- valuutanvaihtoa place where foreign currency can be exchanged
French bureau de change
- bureau de changea place where foreign currency can be exchanged
German Wechselstelle, Wechselstube
- Wechselstellea place where foreign currency can be exchanged
- Wechselstubea place where foreign currency can be exchanged
Greek συνάλλαγμα, ανταλλακτήριο συναλλάγματος
- συνάλλαγμα (synállagma)a place where foreign currency can be exchanged
- ανταλλακτήριο συναλλάγματος (antallaktírio synallágmatos)a place where foreign currency can be exchanged
Hebrew הֲמָרַת מַטְבֵּעַ
- הֲמָרַת מַטְבֵּעַa place where foreign currency can be exchanged
Hungarian pénzváltó, pénzváltóhely
- pénzváltóa place where foreign currency can be exchanged
- pénzváltóhelya place where foreign currency can be exchanged
Icelandic gjaldeyrisviðskipti
- gjaldeyrisviðskiptia place where foreign currency can be exchanged
Italian cambiavalute, ufficio del cambio
- cambiavalutea place where foreign currency can be exchanged
- ufficio del cambioa place where foreign currency can be exchanged
Japanese 両替屋, 通貨両替
- 両替屋 (ryōgaeya)a place where foreign currency can be exchanged
- 通貨両替 (tsūka ryōgae)a place where foreign currency can be exchanged
Korean 환전소
- 환전소 (hwanjeonso)a place where foreign currency can be exchanged
Norwegian vekslingskontor
- vekslingskontora place where foreign currency can be exchanged
Polish kantor, kantor walutowy
- kantora place where foreign currency can be exchanged
- kantor walutowya place where foreign currency can be exchanged
Portuguese casa de câmbio
- casa de câmbioa place where foreign currency can be exchanged
Romanian casă de schimb
- casă de schimba place where foreign currency can be exchanged
Russian обме́нный пункт, пункт обме́на валю́ты
- обме́нный пункт (obménnyj punkt)a place where foreign currency can be exchanged
- пункт обме́на валю́ты (punkt obména valjúty)a place where foreign currency can be exchanged
- обме́н валю́ты (obmén valjúty)a place where foreign currency can be exchanged
Slovak zmenáreň
- zmenáreňa place where foreign currency can be exchanged
Spanish casa de cambio
- casa de cambioa place where foreign currency can be exchanged
Swedish växelkontor, växlingskontor
- växelkontora place where foreign currency can be exchanged
- växlingskontora place where foreign currency can be exchanged
Thai สำนักงานแลกเงิน
- สำนักงานแลกเงิน (săm-nák ngaan lâek ngern)a place where foreign currency can be exchanged
Turkish döviz bürosu
- döviz bürosua place where foreign currency can be exchanged
Ukrainian обмі́нник
- обмі́нник (obmínnyk)a place where foreign currency can be exchanged
Vietnamese quầy đổi tiền
- quầy đổi tiềna place where foreign currency can be exchanged
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bureau de change. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bureau%20de%20change
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